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Association of Engineers 



OK VIROINIA. 



CONSTITUTION AND RULES, 



LIST OF MEMBERS, 



JANUARY 1st, 1893. 



HEADQUARTERS, - ROANOKE, VA. 



THE STONE PHINTINS k MF*. CO., IIO*nOI(E, V* 



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CONSTITUTION AND RULES. 



ARTICLE I— TITLE. 

This Association shall he called " The Association of Ens;!- 



neers of Virginia." 

ARTICLE n— OBJECTS. 

Its object shall be to promote the arts connected with Engi- 
neering, by means of periodical meetings for the reading and 
discussion of professional papers and for social intercourse, and 
the circulation, by publication among its members, of the infor- 
mation thus obtained. 

^o recommendation, endorsement or approval shall be given 
to or made to any individual, or of any scientific or literary, 
mechanical or engineering production; but the opinion of tlie 
Association may be expressed on such subjects as affect the pub- 
lic welfare, provided this opinion does not carry with it the inter- 
ests of any individual. This shall not be construed to prevent 
the discussion of any subject of Engineering interest. 

ARTICLE III— MEMBERSHIP. ~^' 

The Association shall consist of Members, Honorary Mem- 
bers and Associates. Members and Honorary Members shall be 
competent civil, mechanical, mining or electrical Engineers, 
Architects, Geologists, Metallurgists, and those who have shown 
themselves proficient Engineers in practice or teaching. 

Associates shall include all suitable persons desirous of being 
connected with the Association, and duly elected as hereinafter 
provided. Each person desirous of becoming a member or asso- 
ciate, shall be proposed by at least three members, approved by 



the Directory, and elected by ballot at a regular meeting, and 
shall become a member or associate on the paj^ment of his first 
dues. Five negative votes shall reject. Each person proposed 
as an honorary member shall be recommended hy at least ten 
members, approved by the Directory, and elected by ballot at a 
regular meeting, on receiving nine-tenths of the votes cast ; j)ro- 
Didedy that the number of honorary members shall not exceed 
ten. The Directory may at any time change the classification of 
a person elected as an associate, so as to make him a member, or 
vice versa, subject to the approval of the Association. All mem- 
bers, honorary members and associates shall be equally entitled 
to the privileges of membership ; provided, that honorary mem- 
bers and associates shall not hold ofiice or be entitled to vote. 

Any member or associate may be stricken from tbe list on 
recommendation of the Directory, by the vote of three-fourths of 
the members present at any annual meeting, four months' prior 
notice having been given in writing by the Secretary to the said 
member or associate. 

ARTICLE IV— DUES. 

The initiation fee of all members and associates shall be 
$5.00, payable upon their election, and the dues $5.00 per annum 
thereafter, payable in advance at the annual meeting. All mem- 
bers and associates residing v^dthin twenty-five miles of the Asso- 
ciation's headquarters, shall pay $2.50 per annum in addition. 
Any member or associate in arrears may, at the discretion of the 
Directory, be deprived of the receipt of publication or stricken 
from the list of membership when in arrears for one year ; ])ro- 
videdj that he may be restored to membership by the Directory 
on payment of all arrears, or by re-election after an interval of 
three years. 

ARTICLE V— OFFICERS. 

The afiairs of the Association shall be managed by a Board 
of Directors, consisting of a President, two Vice-Presidents and 
nine Directors, also Secretary and a Treasurer, all of whom shall 
be elected from the members of the Association at an annual 
meeting, to hold office as follows : 

The President, the Secretary, and the Treasurer, for one 
year (and no person shall be eligible for immediate reelection as 
President who shall have held that office, subsequent to the 



adoption of these rules, for two consecutive years). The Vice- 
Presidents for two years, and the Directors for three years; and 
no Vice-President or Director shall he eligible for reelection to 
the same office at the expiration of the term for which he was 
elected. At each annual meeting a President, one Vice-Pres- 
ident, three Directors, a Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected, 
and the term of office shall continue until the adjournment of the 
meeting at which their successors are elected. The Secretary and 
Treasurer may be one person. 

The duties of all officers shall be such as usually pertain to 
their offices, or may be delegated to them by the Directory or 
the Association; and the Directory may, in its discretion, require 
bonds to be given by the Treasurer. At each annual meeting 
the Directory shall make a report of proceedings to the Associ- 
ation, toocether with a financial statement. 

Vacancies in the Directory, by death, resignation or other 
cause, shall be filled by nomination by the President, and ap- 
proved by the Directory, and any person so appointed shall hold 
office for the remainder of the term for which his predecessor 
was elected or appointed ; 2^'>'oiided, that the said appointment 
shall not render him ineligible at the next annual meeting. 

Five members of the Directory shall constitute a quorum; 
but the Directory may appoint an Executive Committee, or 
business may be transacted at a regularly called meeting of the 
Directory, at which less than a quorum is present, subject to the 
approval of a majority of the Directory, subsequently given in 
writing to the Secretary and recorded by him with the minutes. 

ARTICLE VI— ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 

The annual election shall be conducted as follows : 
Nominations may be sent in to the Secretary, accompanied 
with the names of the proposers, at any time not less than thirty 
days before the annual meeting; and the Secretary shall, not less 
than two weeks before the said meeting, mail to each active 
member a list of all the nominations for each office so received; 
and if the Directory, or the Committee thereof appointed for the 
purpose, shall have recommended any nominations, such recom- 
mendation may also be sent to members with the said list of all 
nominations made, but not upon the same paper, together with a 
copy of this rule, and the names of persons ineligible to election 



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to each office. And each member qualified to vote, may vote, 
either by striking from or adding to the names of said list, leav- 
ing names not exceeding in number the officers to be elected, or 
by preparing a new list, and either mailing it to the Secretary or 
presenting it in person at the annual meeting. All ballots to be 
enclosed in a sealed blank envelope enclosed in another envelope 
bearing the voter's signature, providing that no member in 
arrears since the last annual meeting shall be allowed to vote 
until the said arrears have been paid. 

The ballots shall be received and examined by three Scruti- 
neers, appointed at the annual meeting by the presiding officer ; 
and the persons who shall have received the greatest number of 
votes for the several offices shall be declared elected, and the 
Scrutineers shall so report to the presiding officer. The ballots 
shall be destroyed, and a list of the elected officers, certified by 
the Scrutineers, shall be preserved by the Secretary. 

ARTICLE YII— MEETINGS. 

The fiscal year of the Association shall end on the 31st of 
December of each year. The animal meeting of the Association 
shall take place in January, at such place and date as the Direc- 
tors may determine, at which a report of the proceedings of the 
Association and an abstract of the accounts shall be furni&hed by 
the Directory. The announcement of the election of officers and 
members shall be made, and the business affairs of the Associ- 
ation shall be considered at the final session of the annual meet- 
ing. No ballots shall be counted unless received prior to noon 
on the last day of the annual meeting. Two other regular meet- 
ings of the Association shall be held each year, at such times and 
places as the Directory shall select, and notice of all meetings 
shall be given by mail, to all members and associates, at least 
twenty days in advance. Special meetings may be called when- 
ever the Directory sees fit; and the Secretary shall call a special 
meeting on a requisition signed by fifteen or more members. The 
notices for the special meeting shall state the business to be 
transacted, and no other shall be entertained. 

IC very question which shall come before the 'meeting of the 
Association shall be decided, unless otherwise provided by these 
rules, by the votes of the majority of the members then present. 



Any member or associate may introduce a stranger to any meet- 
ing, but the latter shall not take part in the proceedings without 
the consent of the nieetino^. Fifteen members in o-ood standing^ 
shall constitute a quorum at any meeting. 

ARTICLE VIII— PAPERS. 

The Directory shall have the power to decide on the pro- 
priety of communicating to the Association any papers which 
may be received, and they shall be at liberty, when they think it 
desirable, to direct that any paper read before the Association, 
shall not be printed in the transactions. Intimation, when practi- 
cable, shall be given at each general meeting of the subject of the 
paper or papers to be read, and of the questions for discussion at 
the next meetins:. 

The reading of papers shall not be delayed beyond such hour 
as the presiding officer shall think proper; and the election of 
members or other business may be adjourned by the presiding 
officer to permit the reading and discussion of papers. 

The copyright of all papers communicated to and accepted 
by the Association, shall be vested in it, unless otherwise agreed 
between the Directory and the author. The author of each paper 
read before the Association shall be entitled to twelve copies, if 
printed, for his own use, and shall have the right to order any 
number of copies at the cost of paper and printing, provided said 
copies are not for sale. 

ARTICLE IX— AMENJ)MENTS. 

These rules may be amended at any annual meeting by a 
two-thirds vote of the members present, not less than fifteen 
voting in the affirmative ; provided, that written notice of the 
proposed amendment shall have been given at a previous meet- 
ing ; and prorided also, that the amendment or amendments so 
adopted shall be printed upon a ballot and sent, not later than 
thirty days thereafter, to all members, and each person receiving 
the same shall be requested to return it to the Secretary with his 
written vote of yes or no to each amendment, and his signature ; 
and the President shall appoint as Scrutineers, three members, 
who shall examine all of the said ballots which shall have been 
returned within one month from the date of their distribution, 



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and shall report the result; and the Secretary shall publish and 
distribute to members, not later than the next distribution of 
printed matter, an announcement of the said result so reported, 
together with the text of the additional or amended rule or rules 
so adopted; and the amendrnent or amendments approved by 
the majority of the ballots so returned and reported shall become 
part of these rules from and after the publication of said announce- 
ment by the Secretary. 



HONORARY MEMBERS 

E. T. D. MYERS, Richmond, Va. 

H. D. WHITCOMB Richmond, Va. 



MEMBERS. 



Amweg, F. J., (Hale Building), 

Philadelphia, Pa. 
Anderson, W. E., Blacksburg, Va. 
Adams, W. H., Mineral City, Va. 

Boswell, T. S., Atlanta, Ga. 
Burch, W. H., Wytheville, Va. 
Beck, H. P., (1400 N. 2d St.), 

Richmond, Va, 
Ballon, C. A., Danville, Va. 
Barnett, C. P., Staunton, Va. 
Brown, W. G., Lexington, Va. 
Boyd, C. R., Wytheviile, Va. 
Brunner, A., Roanoke, Va 

Cushman, C. G , Roanoke, Va. 
Cummings, R. A , Columbus, Ohio. 
Chandler Libert, Salem, Va. 
Caples, M. J., Radford, Va. 
Coffin, A. J., Roanoke, Va. 
Colburn, H. B., Bedford City, Va. 
Carmalt, L J-, Roanoke, Va. 
Crenshaw, R. P., Rocheport, Mo. 
Crosby, Ward, Gorham, N. H. 
Coe, W. W., RoanolLe, Va. 
Churchill, C. S., Roanoke, Va. 
Crueger, H., Roanoke, Va. 
Coleman, Clarence, Roanoke, Va. 
Colgate, G. L., Roanoke, Va. 
Coulter, A. E., Ivanhoe, Va. 
Collins, G. K., Tallahassee, Fla. 

Dunlap, Wm. M., Roanoke, Va. 
Draper, T. W. M., (45 Broadway), 
New York. 
Dennis, W. F., Richmond, Va. 
Darley, R. M., Bristol, Tenn. 
Downman, Julian R., Roanoke, Va. 



Fuller, J. B., Roanoke, Va. 
Fitts, J. H., Blacksburg, Va. 
Ford, R. W., Roanoke, Va. 

Gilpin, Arthington, Phila., Pa. 
Gordon, W. L-, Buchanan, Va. 
Graham, John Jr., Norfolk, Va. 
Gaillard, S. G., Ivanhoe, Va. 
Green, James S., Roanoke, Va. 
Gordon, W. M., Oxford, N. C 

Henderson, G. R., Roanoke, Va. 
Hanckel, J. E. M., Roanoke, Va. 
Humphreys, D. C Lexington, Va. 
Hall, Wm. M., Roanoke, Va. 
Hurlburt, W. J., Buena Vista, Va. 
Harrison, E. P. H., Martinsburg, 

W. Va. 
Hall, Juliau A., Morotock, Va. 
Hall, R. H., Roanoke, Va. 
Hancock, Chas., Crozet, Va. 
Hubard, H. J., Bedford City, Va. 
Howell, D. J., (918 F St. N. W.), 

Washington, D. C. 
Hunter, Jos. L , Covington, Va. 
Houston, Wm. G., Roanoke, Va. 
Herring, Espy, (272 First St. ) 

Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Iglehart, Paul, Baltimore, Md. 

Joliffe, W., Buchanan, Va. 
Jencks, Sterry H., Richlands, Va. 

Latham, G. H., Spanish Town, 

Jamaica, B. W. I. 
Lazelle, J. D., Roanoke, Va. 
Lyell, Gwynn A., Florence, Oregon 



Mosby, S. B., Bedford City,Va. 
Marr, R. A., Lexington, Va. 
Miller, A. P., Bluefield, W. Va. 
Myers, E. T. D. Jr., Richmond, Va. 
Macklin, H. C, Roanoke, Va. 
Morgan, O. Kent, Roanoke, Va. 
Morgan, John T., Roanoke, Va. 

Noland, Wm. C, Roanoke, Va. 
Newby, H. W., Alexandria, Va. 

Ord, W. D., Elkhorn, W. Va. 
Osborne, J. G. , Radford, Va. 
Onderdonk, Andrew, Morgantown, 
W. Va. 



Sanderson, R. P. C, Roanoke, Va. 
Skinker, J. H. (dec'd), Roanoke, 

Va. 
Sims, H, N., Shenandoah, Va. 
Saussure, de Rene, Roanoke, Va. 
Savage, Garnett, (io6 East Sarato- 
ga St.), Baltimore, Md. 
Soule, R. H., Roanoke, Va. 
Stephens, William B., Cincinnati, 

Ohio. 
Sproul, A. Iv., Roanoke, Va. 

Thompson, G.M., Bridgeport;Conn. 

Thornton, Wm. M., University of 

Virginia. 



Pechin, E., Cleveland, Ohio. 
Palmer, Wm., Roanoke, Va. 
Patterson, Walter F., Roanoke, Va. 

Rice, C. H., Roanoke, Va. 
Rawn, J. C, Roanoke, Va. 
Richardson, R. S., Roanoke, Va. 
Randolph, W. Iv., Jersey Shore, Pa. 

Smith, F. M., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 
Saabye, O., Roanoke, Va. 
Schick, J. R,, Roanoke, Va. 



Van Duzee, Harold, (427 Walnut 

St.), Philadelphia, Pa. 
Whitescarver, W. O,, Roanoke, Va. 
Walker, J. B., Moose River, N. Y. 
Wingate, J. H., Roanoke, Va. 
Walker, A. C, Luray, Va. 
Wood, G. P., Roanoke, Va. 
Waters, F. H. (W. M. R. R.), Balti- 
more, Md. 
Walker, P. H., Crozet, Va. 
Wentworth, C. C, Roanoke, Va 

Yeatman, M. E., Roanoke, Va. 




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